{"id":7152,"date":"2024-02-26T16:07:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T21:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultratrailcanada.com\/?p=7152"},"modified":"2024-02-26T19:23:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T00:23:24","slug":"quebec-mega-trail-selected-to-host-the-2025-and-2026-canadian-mountain-trail-running-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultratrailcanada.com\/en\/quebec-mega-trail-selected-to-host-the-2025-and-2026-canadian-mountain-trail-running-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Qu\u00e9bec Mega Trail selected to host the 2025 and 2026 Canadian trail running Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Qu\u00e9bec Mega Trail (QMT)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is pleased to announce that the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.ca\/blog\/2024\/02\/26\/new-canadian-championship-host-cities-through-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>2025<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>2026<\/b> <b>Canadian Trail Running Championships<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will take place during the event. The competition, which will include a Short Trail Championship of 50\u00a0km and a Long Trail Championship of 80\u00a0km, will be held on the trails of C\u00f4te-de-Beaupr\u00e9 and Charlevoix during the QMT weekend, from <\/span><b>July 3 to 6 (2025 edition)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur organization is following the path of other major sporting events that have taken place in Qu\u00e9bec City, C\u00f4te-de-Beaupr\u00e9 and Charlevoix regions during the last years. Trail running is very popular here and we wanted to organize the Canadian Championships for local athletes, but also for runners from other Canadian provinces who will discover the beauty of our territory and the indescribable atmosphere of the QMT. Holding the Canadian Mountain &amp; Trail Running Championships will have positive benefits for the region, in addition to helping to increase the notoriety of our event.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Jean Fortier, general director and founder of Qu\u00e9bec Mega Trail<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cQu\u00e9bec Mega Trail event stood out to us in a number of ways including its recent inclusion in the World Trail Majors which helps set the event apart not just from other events in Canada but around the World. Prior to this, the team at QMT have built a reputation for hosting an outstanding event which has attracted both elite athletes as well as thousands of recreational runners alike to the event for many years. Athletics Canada also feels that for the continued growth and development of the sport, it is important to move these Canadian Championships around the country and having held the Championships in Squamish, BC in both 2023 and 2024, we were very excited by the prospect of hosting these Championships in Qu\u00e9bec where Mountain &amp; Trail running has an enthusiastic following<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Chris Winter, Director, Domestic Programs and Safe Sport of Athletics Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Elite athletes entries<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The elite athletes process of selection for the competitions, as well as the opening date of registrations, will be revealed in the coming weeks. Elite athletes are invited to monitor communications from Athletics Canada and Qu\u00e9bec Mega Trail for more information.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qu\u00e9bec Mega Trail (QMT) is pleased to announce that the 2025 and 2026 Canadian Trail Running Championships will take place during the event. The competition, which will include a Short Trail Championship of 50\u00a0km and a Long Trail Championship of 80\u00a0km, will be held on the trails of C\u00f4te-de-Beaupr\u00e9 and Charlevoix during the QMT weekend, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Qu\u00e9bec Mega Trail selected to host the 2025 and 2026 Canadian trail running Championships - Qu\u00e9bec Mega Trail<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ultratrailcanada.com\/en\/quebec-mega-trail-selected-to-host-the-2025-and-2026-canadian-mountain-trail-running-championships\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Qu\u00e9bec Mega Trail selected to host the 2025 and 2026 Canadian trail running Championships - Qu\u00e9bec Mega Trail\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Qu\u00e9bec Mega Trail (QMT) is pleased to announce that the 2025 and 2026 Canadian Trail Running Championships will take place during the event. 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